Travelling Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has racked up €60,000 in travel expenses in his first few months in the job.

The Fine Gael leader’s foreign trips and hotel bills for his first months in office included a five-star star hotel stay in California and a photographer for his visit to meet Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Mr Varadkar, who took office in June, has also made trips to Brussels and Estonia.